Berlin -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- More than 300 wounded Libyans will arrive in Germany to be treated in hospitals within the next 10 days in an operation approved by Libya 's interim government , the German Foreign Ministry said Friday .

`` Our expectation of the amount of the wounded Libyans treated in German hospitals changes each hour , '' said Thomas Holz of the German health service Almeda . According to Almeda 's marketing chief Michael Blasius , the company expects the number of Libyan patients to rise .

Already , 111 Libyans who arrived in 20 planes are receiving treatment in German civilian hospitals . Four further planes were expected to land in German territory Friday .

`` Some of those patients will be transferred to countries like France , Great Britain , Turkey and the U.S. , '' Blasius told CNN on Friday .

The United States plans to provide treatment for at least 28 wounded Libyan fighters . U.S. officials said Thursday that at least 24 would be taken to a hospital in Boston , Massachusetts , because their wounds can not be treated in Libya . An additional four will go to U.S. medical facilities in Germany , according to Major Janelle Jeffrey of the U.S. Africa Command , based in Stuttgart , Germany .

Libya 's National Transitional Council requested the U.S. medical treatment , which is being offered as a humanitarian gesture and support for Libya 's democratic aspirations , U.S. officials said .

Almeda said it received the health service request by Libya 's new Finance Ministry on October 14 . Four days later , the first military plane arrived in Germany with dozens of wounded Libyans .

That was a day after German Economy Minister Philipp Roesler announced Germany would offer medical help to the NTC .

Three so-called `` scouting teams '' are currently screening Libyan and Tunisian hospitals , searching for heavily injured Libyans who might benefit from treatment abroad .

Almeda told CNN there would be two further scouting teams in Tunisia and Libya at the beginning of next week .

Many wounded Libyans had already received treatment in Tunisia , according to Blasius .

CNN 's Larry Shaughnessy in Washington and Frederik Pleitgen in Berlin contributed to this report .

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More than 300 wounded Libyans will be treated in Germany in the next 10 days

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111 Libyans are already receiving treatment in Germany

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The United States plans to treat at least 28 wounded Libyan fighters

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The Libyans are being taken abroad because their wounds ca n't be treated in Libya